Some 3, 000 software extensions have been written to make it more versatile.

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Ad blockers are also the most popular software extensions for leading browsers such as Chrome and Firefox, which at 17.81% has the top ad blocking rate.

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Another bonus: Outside developers are encouraged to dig into the code and add useful extensions to the software.

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It is possible this software, or similar browser add-ons and extensions, are affecting the appearance of BBC embedded video on your PC.

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The biggest speed boost comes when software is rewritten to take advantage of the Streaming SIMD Extensions.

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The software was written for vector arithmetic, which is proving useful now that Intel has support for it with Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) and SSE instructions which are available on the latest generation of its Sandy Bridge processors.

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